Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Summer's End? Time to Travel!

Oh, no! I LOVE Summer. And. . .it's about to end. Darn. No matter how hard we try, we can't stop Time. August is coming to a close. Next week, September will arrive with Autumn's colors and schedules. Ahhhhh. . .but it's been a great Summer. Pretty hot temps, sometimes, but gorgeous days where I could be outside in the shade, reading and enjoying. Pretty hectic, I'll admit. Message to Maggie: Do NOT schedule way overdue doc appts for the summer. Or, other miscellaneous appts.

I did get to see some good movies. I have to say that the last two were the best of the summer. Avatar came out before, so that's not included. I already posted about the fun ones, Shrek and Toy Story 3. Toy 3 was funnier than ever. However, these last two are really worth mentioning. Inception--which is a great kind of sci-fi mixed with fantasy, hard to say what. But it definitely is intriguing. The concepts are fascinating. But---the best so far has been "SALT." Wow. Is THAT an action flick that delivers. Now, you guys all know how much I love action flicks. And this is definitely the BEST action flick I've seen so far in 2010 (not counting Avatar because that's fantasy action). Jolie is the best I've seen her, and this female CIA operative role allows her to do more than shoot people and dodge bullets. The plot is twisty and has lots of surprises. Plus the other actors are excellent, including the marvelous Liev Schreiber (sp?).

Movies over---now I'm about to travel again. As you can see from some of the photos I've included. I'm heading to Manhattan Thursday (top left) so I can spend my birthday (August 27) weekend with daughter Melissa AND daughter Maria (in NoVa/DC) is coming up for Friday. So---I'll get to spend time with two of my daughters! What a treat! We're already thinking of what we want to do. Weather is good, but even if it rains, not a problem. I always travel with my Colorado hiking jacket w/hood. :)

Monday after weekend, I fly to Washington, DC, to stay in the midst of the city (my old hometown) and work on my Molly Malone series. That's the mystery series which is set in Washington, DC, and I'll have more information on that later this Fall. After that week, I'll head for the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, all the way to the Eastern Shore. But I'll share more of that in an upcoming post. Meanwhile, folks----enjoy the last of Summer!

We still have a few days left of summer. My daughter starts Kindergarten the day after Labor Day (Michigan law for public schools), so we're trying to pack a lot of fun things in before she's at school all day. We're going out to lunch, visiting children museums, shopping for school clothes and just having fun together. I think she's more ready for Kindergarten than I am.

We will see the end up of summer on a short trip to San Francisco. My hubby has a work conference there, but I'll get to play tourist and visit a friend who lives there. Enjoy your trips Maggie and Happy Early Birthday.

Know you'll have a wonderful time. My husband and I will be traveling to Leesburg this Sept. Daughter,Leah and Son-in-love Dwayne,are in the ending stages of closing on a home. Have to go and see it AND my 2 year old graddaughter! We will probably not get to "downtown" this time.....but if the weather is good and Leah can get some time off....it may work out :) Have a wonderful time with your kids. I know I will with mine.

Oh, Rita, how fun! Leesburg is a great town, Pretty & filled with antique shops to die for! My dearest friends/like sisters, Nancy & Diane, and I go "antiquing" there sometimes when I visit.

Lorna---Chow down on those claims/clams, girl! :) And enjoy! I've got an October trip planned which will take me up into New England right in prime leaf season. And we're also staying a couple of nights on the Seacoast----Portsmouth, NH. Then up to York, Maine.

Sheila---Wow, you've got work to do, girl. But enjoy the planning for SanFran. I won't be there this year. I'll be in New England for the leaf season with an CO friend.

Andrea---Best wishes for a good school year, My son in law is high school calculus/geom/trig teacher in Fairfax, VA. He's in class now w/teachers getting ready. VA schools start Tuesday after Labor Day.

Dru---sniff. I'm sorry. Enjoy the coming Fall.

Helen---Hey, that's great! We get to GMU campus in Fairfax for various kids sports things, like swim tournaments. Enjoy!

DH is going elk hunting 3-10 Sep, so Lady K and I will be enjoying a chickie weekend and then chickie evenings while DH is on his version of a spa week. There will be movies and schtuff before that. I'll go see something on Friday before a swing shift...movies this weekend...work...schtuff....reading...